Purdue earned a blowout win on Sunday, defeating Nebraska 104-68. Here's everything coach Matt Painter had to say after the victory.
Once again, Braden Smith connected with Cam Heide for an impressive alley-oop, this time in Purdue's Sunday afternoon showdown against Nebraska.
There was nothing fancy to Purdue’s offense, no gimmicks, no magic tricks as the Boilermakers methodically picked Nebraska basketball apart in Sunday's beatdown.
Purdue star point guard Braden Smith might be the top passer in college basketball. But sometimes he falls into periods where he is too unselfish. No. 17 Purdue will be looking for all of Smith's talents to be on display when it battles Washington in Big Ten play on Wednesday night in Seattle.
Braden Smith is leading the way, averaging 23.0 points, 10.8 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 2.3 steals over those four games. The Boilers have the second-stingiest defense in league play (66.2 points allowed),
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Freshman C.J. Cox had a career-day with 23 points on 9-of-11 shooting to supplement Purdue's reliable Big Three.
Purdue men's basketball prevailed 104-68 over Nebraska to notch a fifth straight win. Boilermakers head coach Matt Painter addressed the phenomenal performances of juniors Trey Kaufman-Renn and Braden Smith in the victory.
On Sunday afternoon, Boilermakers freshman C.J. Cox was a bigger problem for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. With so much attention to Purdue's junior trio of Braden Smith, Fletcher Loyer and Trey ...